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Putting the clocks back

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MawBroon Sat 28-Oct-17 09:02:31

Whilst we get an extra hours sleep on Sunday, spare a thought for the National Trust Volunteers who work tirelessly through the night to move the stones back 1 hour at various stone circles around the country side. This is done twice a year to make sure the stones align correctly with the sun.

grin

downtoearth Sat 28-Oct-17 20:11:57

Takes me till they go forward again to adjust wish they would leave them alone hmm

Elegran Sat 28-Oct-17 20:00:35

Why don't we have Greenwich Mean Time all year? No need to adjust twice a year.

NanKate Sat 28-Oct-17 19:32:35

I hate the dark nights. I think my body goes into hibernation mode as the winter progresses.

Why don't we adopt the European time and let the Scots go back an hour if that's what they want ? Am I right in the war they kept the lighter nights ?

Imperfect27 Sat 28-Oct-17 18:50:01

I don't mind the hour change, but aware that it is hard on households with littlies - one hour is a big, BIG difference to adjust to and usually takes over a week - lots of fretting, and that's just the parents!

Jalima1108 Sat 28-Oct-17 18:27:21

oh dear, re-reading that, it sounded very bossy
hmm

Jalima1108 Sat 28-Oct-17 18:27:03

Vitamin D gillybob and go outside to eat your lunch.

gillybob Sat 28-Oct-17 18:15:41

I wish I could granny23 but I need to work the "usual" hours to fit in with the phone calls, deliveries etc. Dark days make me feel quite miserable or as DH says "more miserable than normal" hmm

Nelliemoser Sat 28-Oct-17 18:14:12

With the clocks and which way they should be moved in spring or autumn is a nmenomic.

Spring forward. Fall (autumn) back.
Quite helpful I have been uncertain at times .
I like this post, it is just full of crazy British spelling
Autumn and Mnenomic. in one sentence. The Americans must despair of us. wink

Grannyknot Sat 28-Oct-17 17:22:01

gma grin

gma Sat 28-Oct-17 17:18:23

I read the following on The internet this week! It’s a quote from a Native American.....”Only a white man would cut 2” off the top of his blanket and sew it on the bottom in order to make it 2” longer” How true is that!

hildajenniJ Sat 28-Oct-17 16:21:04

My SinL would like us to adopt Zulu time all year round. Apparently we are in the Zulu time zone hmm I had to look it up because I had no idea what that was. It appears that it is the military term for GMT!

grannyticktock Sat 28-Oct-17 13:32:54

I hate this clock change and love the spring one. I'm always impatient for the next thing (next meal, next bedtime, next getting-up) and I don't like having to wait longer. This change takes me about a week to adjust to, whereas the spring one I can absorb within a day or so.

Granny23 Sat 28-Oct-17 12:50:10

Be creative Gillybob e.g. work 4 hours in the early morning and again 4 hours early evening when it is dark anyway and have your freetime say 11.00 till 15.00.

gillybob Sat 28-Oct-17 12:30:11

I hate this time of year . Dark when I go to work, dark in my office. (needs a light all year round) and dark when I get home . It's like being a bloomin' mole .

Bellanonna Sat 28-Oct-17 12:09:19

I hate the earlier dark evenings too as I don’t drive in the dark now. I love it when the evenings start getting noticeably lighter again, some time soon after X**s.

Anniebach Sat 28-Oct-17 12:03:27

Wish clocks could stay the same, no need to change them, takes my body clock days to adjust and I hate early dark evenings

Teetime Sat 28-Oct-17 11:21:50

Well they needn't move them on my account I hate this messing about with time and count down relentlessly till shortest day so I can watch the evenings start pulling out again- is it 20th Dec? Makes it a short day on the golf course too.

Scribbles Sat 28-Oct-17 11:16:45

Thanks for a good laugh, MawBroon.

I really don't mind whether I'm on Greenwich time or Central European time but I really wish I could stay on the same time all year. It takes a week to 10 days each time for my body clock to adapt to these silly hour changes.

Jalima1108 Sat 28-Oct-17 11:03:35

Yippee - I can use the tumble dryer without feeling guilty. The washing never dries outside in the winter unless it is a really blowy day.

Jalima1108 Sat 28-Oct-17 11:02:13

I will tell DH - he thinks they should be putting Stonehenge back together as (we think) it was originally!

rockgran Sat 28-Oct-17 10:27:15

I quite like it - more cosy evenings in doing hobbies. moon

lemongrove Sat 28-Oct-17 10:07:55

Another factoid I never knew about MawBroon ?

humptydumpty Sat 28-Oct-17 10:05:47

Thinking at 6 yesterday evening that it's going to be like at 5 next week, I thought as I always do at this time of year: it's just Not Right!! Then a few uncharitable thoughts about Scottish farmers enter my mind..

Luckygirl Sat 28-Oct-17 09:46:07

As for those poor poor NT folk - my heart is bleeding! grin grin

Luckygirl Sat 28-Oct-17 09:44:43

I hate it too! Suddenly it feels like winter. sad